Vaishali+Tajpuria

Vaishali Tajpuria

Research Paper Presentation Sleep deprivation can slow your brain… Watch 60 Minutes video. This is a brief two minute clip that introduces the research that was conducted by the program. [] People know that sleep deprivation is not good for you. Most are in denial as to how bad it really is. I would like to see how it impacts student learning and memory. How does sleep deprivation impact student learning and health? What can be done to reduce the problem?
 * Basic research question **:
 * What the literature says: **
 * 1) Sleep is a powerful way to consolidate memory (Begley, 2011).
 * 2) Lack of sleep can affect memory (Begley, 2011).
 * 3) Pulling an all-nighter does not help in learning. Scores could be higher with more sleep (Diekelmann & Born, 2010).
 * 4) Memory does not get a chance to consolidate without sleep (Hagewoud, Withcomb, Heerings, Koolhaas, and Meerlo, 2010)
 * 5) Hippocampus, which is dominate in memory, is affected by lack of sleep (Hagewoud, Withcomb, Heerings, Koolhaas, and Meerlo, 2010)
 * 6) Teens sleep four to five hours on average (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2011).
 * 7) Sleep deprivation affects each person differently.
 * 8) You can pull and all-nighter and do well on a test, but you will not retain the information in the long run.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teens get an average of ten hours of sleep on weekends, cannot catch up on lost sleep is not possible.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teens need more sleep because they are learning. Sleep is needed for memory consolidation (Farrington, 2010).
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sleep loss can result in false memories Diekelmann, Landolt, Lahl, Born, and Wagner, 2008).
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Humans form new memories in sleep (Yoo, Hu, Gujar, Jolesz, and Parker, 2008.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sleep deprivation is one of the leading causes of low test scores (Levine, Marcus, 2010).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> I would like to try to inform students as well as parents about the health and academic effects of sleep deprivation. They both seem to have a false sense of reality when they say that the can work better at night. I am interested to see what keeps the up, school, games, tv, other media? I want to find what other things are keeping them up at night. What are some other ways I can convince students that there is a need for more sleep and that it can help them in the long run? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Once I gather all the data, I would inform my department chair and offer suggestions as to how the school can inform students and their families about the academic dangers of sleep deprivation. I would send letters home to inform the parents. I would have short presentations for classes to see the dangers behind sleep deprivation. Eventually, I would like to take this to the distract level. I would need to get the school involved. I am confident that my principal would support any action suggested that could help the students. This can help the health of the student, attendance, test scores, and college preparation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Methods of investigation I would implement **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Survey students at the beginning of the year, during first semester finals, during AP Tests, during ACT test, and at the end of the year.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Check records in the nurse’s office to see what time of year students come most often.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Inform faculty and enlist their help in informing family and students of the dangers of sleep loss.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">New questions as a result of the paper: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Possible next steps: **